Grambling State continues to face scrutiny after hiring disgraced former Baylor coach Art Briles to be the football program’s new offensive coordinator.
Briles has been a pariah in college football since 2016, when he was fired by Baylor after an investigation concluded he and his staff took no action against players named in sexual assault allegations.
That didn’t stop new G rambling coach Hue Jackson from making the surprise hire last week. The 66-year-old Briles coached briefly in Italy and then at a Texas high school in Mount Vernon since he was dismissed from Baylor.
Grambling’s decision received renewed attention on Monday when a three-day old social media statement from the Hue Jackson Foundation gained traction.
The statement – which was confirmed accurate by the foundation’s executive director Kimberly Diemert – said ”we believe that through the hiring of Coach Briles and the well-developed programs we have in place, this hire will be instrumental in teaching others teaching…